A major character is returning to Emmerdale

Emmerdale fans will love this news!

Published 1st Sep 2017
Last updated 1st Sep 2017

Good news for Emmerdale fans as actress Lucy Pargeter has announced she is returning to the soap following her recent maternity leave.

Lucy, who plays Chas Dingle in the ITV soap, has been absent from the show after she left to give birth to her twins earlier in the year.

The mum-of-three has now delighted fans by confirming she's back on set on her Twitter account. She wrote, 'Big day tomorrow my beautiful#twirls turn 5 months and I go back to work !! Huge mix of emotions😬I'm going to miss them so much #workingmum'.

Fans were quick to reply to Lucy's message, expressing their excitement at her return.

When Lucy returns later in the year, her character will attempt to repair her broken family and build a relationship with her mother Faith.

Lucy welcomed twin girls with her fiancé Rudi Coleano back in April. A spokesperson for the soap confirmed the couple's happy news at the time. The statement read, "Lucy Pargeter and Rudi Coleano are delighted to announce the birth of their twin girls who were born on Thursday April 13. All are happy and healthy and Lola is delighted to have finally become a big sister."

The 40-year-old actress also has an 11-year-old daughter with Rudi.

A month after the twins were born, Lucy revealed their adorable names Missy and Betsy to OK! Magazine.

Opening up about the scary ordeal she went through during the birth, Lucy said, "There was a moment when they weren’t breathing. They got handed over to the medical team straight away after they were born and they were manipulated to make sure their airways were clear.

"The process was probably only about 30 seconds to a minute but it felt like ten minutes! Thankfully everything was fine."

Lucy is expected to return to screens on Emmerdale later in the year.

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